staff tightened as he stood straight, and walked casually over to Noel. Darris kneeled down and held out his still smoking hand to give her the staff. “There's no need for that, I was going to give it to you myself,” he said politely, almost kindly. He let go of the staff to let her take it which, after a moment of hesitation, she did. She could feel the staff peel off of Darris's skin like tape